|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End view of a carbon nanotube |
|
Images of Carbon Nanotubes, in this case, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) |
|
Carbon nanotube and schematic of out-of-plane and in-plane bonds |
|
Terminology used when a graphite sheet is rolled up in a particular direction relative to the regular array of carbon atoms |
|
Three types of carbon nanotubes depend on the direction in which a graphite sheet is rolled up to form a cylindrical "shell" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schematic diagram showing zigzag, armchair and chiral carbon nanotubes |
|
Nonlinear equilibrium paths of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under compression. |
|
Deformed shapes of CNTs under compression (last increment). |
|
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) modeled as a thin shell |
|
Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bending and buckling (kinking) of a single-walled carbon nanotube |
|
A multi-walled nanotube (MWNT) |
|
Nanotube buckling and folding |
|
Deformation of a long carbon nanotube |
|
Bending and buckling of single-walled carbon nanotube |
|
|